Policy Analysis in the Era of Globalization and Localization
Edited by Research Project Group
for Policy Evaluation in Kyushu University
272pp hb 7,500yen
ISBN 4-87378-902-8
In year 2000, the Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University established the Research Project Group for Policy Evaluation. Since then, the group have been active in this research field. The present book is the third one, in English, which intends to introduce the fruits of our research activities to overseas scholars and institutions.
In Japan, we have noticed for a long time that both globalization and localization are characteristic of the contemporary world. However, both problems are still untouched in many respects and become increasingly more complicated, and many issued are waiting for our various new approaches. The issues that this book treats are widely diverse ranging from U.S., France, Belgium, and U.K. to Japan, from theoretical to empirical studies, from economic policies to policy evaluation, and so on. However, each of these issues is handled in light of either globalization or localization.
Contents
1 Restructuring of the U.S. Economy:
The Economic Policy of the Clinton Administration and its Result
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muroyama Yoshimasa
2 Transformation of Japan's Financial Administration . . . Ito Osamu
3 A Turning Point of the Energy Policy in Japan?:
A New Strategy for Development of Renewable Energy Sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takita Hiromichi
4 A Real Options Approach to Environmental Policy-making
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fujita Toshiyuki
5 Understanding Institutional Diversity of Employment Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isogai Akinori
6 Recent Re-structuring of Municipalities in Japan:
Two Cases of Remote Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takagi Akihiko
7 Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nakai Toru
8 G. Brown and A. Crosland on Equality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seki Gentaro
9 Financial Systems in the County of Flanders and in the Duchy of
Valois Burgundy: ‘État’, a Precursor of Budget?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fujii Yoshio
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